# Moses basket

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A basket for holding a newborn, a kind of bassinet designed to be set upon a stand.

## Etymology
From Moses + basket, after the biblical story of Moses being placed in a basket and set afloat on the Nile (Exodus 2:1-10).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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